metalkatt.bsky.social
Boring. Likes to read and crochet, among other things. Sinophile. History nerd.
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Good luck!
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Watching SciShow, were we?
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This is why we need actual archivists.
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You've been claimed.
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I can't heart this. It's too disgusting. Someone who can use guidao needs to round up the ghosts of the founders and presidents past and set them loose on this idiot. I debate on whether to get T. Roos, as he'd never go back to his grave.
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Don't forget the Waiting for Godot this fall. Gotta save for that.
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Moths eat souls, trufax. Well, how do YOU explain the adult stages with no mouth, then? /s
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PS: You're welcome, and mention to your dentist about it next time you go in. It will alert them to be aware of potential problems. You don't have to say a pushy American nagged you, just be sure to let them know.
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It tastes like metal, so your body thinks it's getting iron. Pagophagia or pagophagic pica are the technical terms.
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That was the worst past. I was done with the contact after about 15 mins, and had to sit there for ages more and not bite at the invading fingers. It was so hard.
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Your teeth thank you, and you will make my late grandfather very happy. I don't want others to go through what I have. Crowns are expensive, at least here in the US. Dunno about where you are. And, they mean the dentist has to keep touching you for more than an hour to measure and prep you.
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Actual photographic evidence of teeth breaking from it:
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My grandfather was a medic in WWII and scolded me about it when he told me to go have my iron levels checked. He knew. He was right. Chew on jerkey instead. Ice is evil and tempting and evil.
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Stop it! It's lying to you! It tastes like metal, but it is not! Look, I've had my teeth literally crumble apart because of fissures created by my doing that. I am not exaggerating. My dentist has watch alerts on three more of my teeth in case they break apart like the ones I had to have crowned.
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I figured they just developed a tapetum lucidum that works like critter eyes.
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Thank the cows for their service. Do you find that the way you like your meat cooked changes with your iron levels? I liked mine med well all my life until anemia. Then I wanted rare. Fixed the anemia, and back to medium well.
Also, DO NOT EAT ICE. It will taste like heaven but ruin your teeth.
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That... actually sounds pretty good, and I say this as someone who has never had hot pot.
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As a description, I mean. That it is happening most certainly does not.
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There we go. That sits well.
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Awww. Cross stitch? It's very well done.
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Is he Death or Pestilence, though?
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Need to check if my unopened masks from covid time are still good.
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Does hearing the horrors of it from my grandmother who had it, and the extremely strong family commitment to get all the needed shots due to that count?
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Babies!! Kage chinchin babies! I'm so glad you found each other. Now all three can experience calm love. <3
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Great, now I need a shower with bleach from that.
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Radio plays. Not just audio books, but full on Big Finish style radio plays.
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Well, I had both shoe spikes on when I got to the car safely. One popped off either in the car or when I was scraping the ice. I ordered new ones that go up fully over the toe of the boot for stability.
Thank you left spikes for getting me safely from the car to the bus. o7
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Now I want a Thunk hug.
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Note: I am not accusing you of being one. I'm boggling that we have to have a word for this, that it is a Thing that happens, for which people have invented a term.
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*looks it up, blinks in confusion* Dude, when the driver turned her ankle and spilled my stuff all over the floor, I went out and asked her if she was okay, not complained about the mess. What the *bleep* happened to common courtesy and treating people like humans??
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I did not understand how this is a fundamental thing that can turn a person into an asshole in five seconds flat. Like... Just dang.
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it's no wonder I don't understand people because I don't ascribe to their assessment of value. No, I am not stoned (no pun, given the book title); this really was a shock. If you'll excuse me, I have to go be existentially dissociated for a bit.
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I just... *GESTURES AT THE EVERYTHING AGAIN*
I really find myself glad that I assign value to things in a manner different from most people in my society. Yes, I value food, shelter, electricity, the basics of living, but beyond that...
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I'm quoting from page ten--PAGE TEN, that's how quickly this book has shaken me--"Apparently the only thing more devastating to your brain than thinking you can't have something is the knowledge that *someone else can.* It may sound petty, but neurology almost always is."
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Like, dang. I ponder the assignation of value as a concept, since we've been doing it for literally ever, but this *explains* it. It explains it so a dummy (in this area) like me can get it.
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It explores value, and how humans assign value to things--what metrics they use to determine worth. I was sitting there on the bus staring into space, thinking "This. This is what I didn't understand about the people who have made the choices that have led us to this (*gestures at everything*)."
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Congratulations!!
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*platonic air hug* I ache for my peegs at times, too.
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He's a director, or is it producer now. Invite him to lunch and ask him about making Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty.